Sang Wen said calmly, "Don't you need the Pure Yang True Flame? I am it."
As she spoke, a layer of dark green spirit flame began to emanate from her jade-like skin. This woman trembled as she slowly approached Ning Fa.
Ning Fa's gaze sharpened slightly. Only then did he understand why Hermit Xuyuan had made that expression when mentioning the Pure Yang True Fire. Only then did he understand Sang Wen's sudden cold attitude towards him.
For a moment, he didn't know whether he should accept it.
As he hesitated, a cold, violently trembling body pressed against his chest.
Sang Wen's eyes were tightly closed, and her stiff hands slowly wrapped around Ning Fa's waist.
Ning Fa sighed inwardly, embraced her in return, and then the two figures sank into the surging molten lava. The fire pool began to churn.
Seven days later, a beautiful body flew out of the fire pool. With a flash of spiritual light, she changed into another set of clothes and then fled in a hurry, as if escaping.
Another day passed, and Ning Fa slowly flew out of the fire pool.
The originally scarlet fire pool had now cooled down, turning a deep black color, even emitting wisps of chill.
Ning Fa's eyes were filled with joy. Then, with another flash of his figure, he disappeared from his original spot.
Not long after, in the quiet room of the cave mansion where he was temporarily staying.
Ning Fa was seen sitting cross-legged, while the Essence Flame Firebird floated before him, spitting out a small wisp of dark scarlet flame that transformed into a ball of fire, engulfing his entire body.
Fine crimson lightning crackled around Ning Fa, rapidly absorbing the ball of fire.
After a long while, Ning Fa slowly opened his eyes. A smile appeared on his face, and he murmured:
"At this rate, combined with the assistance of the high-grade Burning Origin Pill, it seems I'll be able to open up the Sea of Lightning Divine Treasury of the Supreme Fire Divine Thunder soon."
While Ning Fa was delighted, he also thought of Sang Wen, and a hint of complexity appeared in his eyes.
If he hadn't absorbed the Wood Yang True Flame within Sang Wen, he wouldn't have been able to achieve this speed.
He shook his head, no longer thinking about it. He casually picked up a fiery red pill, put it in his mouth, and began to slowly refine its medicinal power.
Thus, Ning Fa remained in the cave mansion for a full year, oblivious to the outside world.
On this day, Ning Fa, who was sitting cross-legged, suddenly opened his eyes. His hands shifted through a series of hand seals, and then he pointed his right index finger sharply at his chest.
This was his heart area, enveloped by a layer of deep crimson lightning fire, burning fiercely. Cracks began to appear on the surface of his heart.
Ning Fa's face was contorted in pain, clearly indicating that the sensation was unbearable. But he gritted his teeth and roared, "Open!"
Instantly, the cracks on his heart widened to their maximum, and the surging lightning fire madly poured into it!
With a silent roar, as if the heavens and earth were just beginning, a hazy crimson space suddenly appeared.
Within it floated a ball of fire clouds, with wisps of fiery red lightning scattering from it, drifting towards the infinite distance.
Outside, Ning Fa slowly examined his body, his face filled with surprise.
Then, he opened his right hand, and a ball of crimson lightning fire appeared on it.
It looked no different from usual, but with a thought from Ning Fa, countless tiny, mysterious crimson runes appeared on the ball of lightning fire.
Immediately after, the quiet room seemed to boil.
Tiny fire-red spiritual energy light points began to appear, as if summoned, and surged wildly towards the ball of lightning fire in Ning Fa's hand.
This caused its form to rapidly enlarge, its talisman light flickering, and the aura it emitted grew more and more terrifying.
Seeing this, Ning Fa's eyes couldn't help but show a hint of excitement.
With a thought, and a flash of light, a defensive magic treasure resembling a white turtle shell rapidly grew to several dozen feet in size, transforming into a thick spiritual light shield.
Immediately after, the ball of lightning fire floated towards it lightly. Silently, this defensive magic treasure, a high-tier third-grade item, turned into nothingness within the crimson lightning fire.
However, the ball of lightning fire only weakened slightly and quickly recovered its original state with the replenishment of those spiritual energy light points.
At the same time, before Ning Fa, five-colored lightning flashed, and the circular thunder rune pattern appeared.
Currently, in addition to the small white sword representing the Supreme Metal Divine Thunder, the crimson flame representing the Supreme Fire Divine Thunder also bore a mysterious rune imprint.
This rune imprint represented the realm of Innate Divine Thunder.
Ning Fa couldn't help but laugh when he saw this, and he laughed heartily.
He had finally cultivated the Innate Supreme Fire Divine Thunder!
And what was Innate Divine Thunder?
It was like just now, capable of strengthening itself by absorbing the natural elemental energy of the same attribute, rather than relying solely on the cultivator's own magical power.
This was also a powerful divine ability that only Spirit Transformation cultivators possessed in legends, and now Ning Fa's Innate Divine Thunder also possessed this ability.
This was also why the Innate Divine Thunder just now had such immense power, which naturally made Ning Fa extremely delighted.
And now that he possessed two types of Innate Divine Thunder, coupled with the first level of Sword Intent he had comprehended earlier, his strength had increased significantly, at least by half compared to before.
More importantly, after opening up this second Sea of Lightning Divine Treasury, Ning Fa could already feel that there were no longer any barriers between him and the Mid Nascent Soul realm.
As long as his magical power and physical body realm reached the peak of the early stage, he would naturally break through to the middle stage.
Although he cultivated both body and law, the Fourth-grade Body Cultivator realm was not easy to break through.
However, he now had abundant high-level resources, and he possessed some advanced pill recipes suitable for Nascent Soul cultivators, along with the spiritual materials previously given by the Spiritual Pivot Pavilion. Ning Fa was confident he could reach this stage quickly.
Once he could break through to the Mid Nascent Soul stage, his strength would inevitably reach the level of a High-tier Great Cultivator, and it was even possible he could approach the realm of a top-tier Great Cultivator.
At that time, he would definitely make the Tianli people pay a heavy price.
Thinking of this, a cold smile appeared on Ning Fa's face, but at the same time, a hint of ferocity began to grow in his heart.
Ning Fa was startled, knowing that the Moon Tribulation Heartfire was influencing him again. He immediately calmed his mind, his demeanor returning to its peaceful state.
At this moment, Ning Fa couldn't help but think of the situation on the front lines.
Before he went into seclusion, the Tianli army had already pressed to the foot of Tianyu City, and a major battle was imminent. He wondered how things had been on the front lines over the past year.
However, Hermit Xuyuan had communicated with Ning Fa about this matter before.
Cangyuan hadn't been preparing all these years for nothing; they should be able to hold out for some time, so Ning Fa wasn't needed yet.
He just needed to wait patiently for the construction of the teleportation array that led directly to the Tianli rear to be completed before carrying out that mission.
And if this mission succeeded, it would be a tremendous help to Cangyuan.
Ning Fa could only temporarily set aside his worries, took out a pale green spiritual medicine emitting pure spiritual energy, and put it into his mouth to refine.
Three more months passed, and Ning Fa suddenly opened his eyes. He reached out and grabbed, and in a burst of firelight, Sang Wen's voice rang out.
After listening, Ning Fa's expression shifted slightly, and he murmured, "It's finally starting."
When Ning Fa left his Cave Mansion, he saw a figure in a white dress waiting for him—it was Sang Wen, whom he hadn't seen in a long time.
Even with Ning Fa's thick skin, he felt a bit awkward seeing this woman again.
At this moment, Sang Wen was still dressed as a woman, with unparalleled beauty and an enchanting presence, as delicate as an orchid.
She looked at Ning Fa calmly, a fleeting look of complexity flashing in her eyes.
"Fellow Daoist Ning, the teleportation array has been completed. We should move out."
Sang Wen said as if nothing had happened, then took the lead and flew forward.
Ning Fa gave the woman's retreating figure a deep look and followed.
Before long, the two had already left the gate of the Spiritual Pivot Pavilion, which seemed like a fairyland, and were speeding south.
Neither of them spoke during the journey, and the atmosphere was filled with an awkward silence.
Finally, Ning Fa broke the silence, "How is the situation on the front lines now?"
Sang Wen stood at the bow of the boat, her back to him, and replied calmly, "The battle on the front lines is fierce.
Over the past year, the Tianli people have launched several fierce attacks on Tianyu City. Both sides have suffered considerable losses, but Cangyuan's losses are greater, with two Nascent Soul cultivators lost.
However, since the Sea Race has been quiet for the time being, we've been able to transfer a lot of personnel from that front to help, and the situation can still be maintained."
Ning Fa felt slightly relieved upon hearing this, but the atmosphere between them returned to silence.
After a few more days, the two were approaching Tianyu City, but Sang Wen led Ning Fa towards a seemingly ordinary range of continuous mountains.
Before long, they landed in a hidden valley.
As Sang Wen performed several Hand Seals, the entrance of the valley flickered with spiritual light, and a spiritual light shield appeared, revealing an entrance for passage.
As the two entered, they discovered a rather large, tiered platform within the valley.
At its highest point was a circular Magic Array several feet in size, emitting a faint white glow, with a distinct spatial energy emanating from it.
At the same time, there were several figures beside this teleportation array.
At the forefront was Hermit Xuyuan, dressed in a green robe with a unique and handsome appearance, looking at the two with a smile.
In addition to him, there were two other women and one man.
Looking at these three, Ning Fa's eyes showed a hint of surprise, as he recognized all of them.
One of the women, dressed in black, possessed a beauty that could captivate the world.
Her feet were bare, suspended in the air, with faint black lotus shadows appearing beneath them, like an elf in the night, possessing a deadly allure and hidden danger.
This woman was Ji Lianxing of the Wushi Demonic Palace, who had always ranked high on the Star Ranking.
Ning Fa had encountered Ji Lianxing before when he was accompanying the Tianyin Pavilion to Zhenhai City and they were ambushed by the Demonic Sound Sect.
Now, this woman was also at the Early Nascent Soul stage. She should have formed her Nascent Soul in the past few decades, but she appeared to be not far from the peak of the early stage.
The other woman, dressed in a moon-white long dress, although not as stunningly beautiful as Ji Lianxing, was still elegant and refined, possessing an indescribable spiritual aura that set her apart from ordinary women.
Ning Fa was even more familiar with this woman, as she was Bai Yueqiu from the Jingming Sect.
This woman also cultivated the Ancient Source Thunder Scripture. They had gone through trials together on the Thunder Road, and although they were competitors, they had forged a bit of friendship.
She had also formed her Nascent Soul, and from Ning Fa's perception, her magical power was very substantial, not much inferior to Ji Lianxing's.
After all, this woman cultivated both Body and Law, and her potential was extraordinary.